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Application March 25, 1941, Serial No. 385,043

6 Claims.

This invention relates to folders for filing letters, papers and thelike and the same has particular reference to a file folder forreceiving individual monthly bank statements and a receptacle engagingthe folder and having an open mouth at its upper edge for insertingtherein the checks listed in said bank statement and for retaining thechecks in associated relation therewith, the present application being acontinuation in part of my co-pending application, Serial No. 352,762,filed August 15, 1940.

The invention primarily comprehends the combination of a file folder ofthe indicated character and an envelop engaging the folder so as todispose the mouth thereof upwardly and in open relation and to serve asa guide for facilitating the insertion of bank checks into the envelopbetween the folder and a wall of the envelop.

The invention is further directed to the combination of an envelop andfile folder having a flap for engagement within the open mouth of theenvelop so as to dispose the envelop in juxtaposition to the folder forreceiving therein depositors checks as the same are delivered to andcanceled by a banking institution, the flap also serving as a guide forfacilitating the insertion of the checks therein and the removal of thesame therefrom, while the folder provides a receptacle for filing thestatement of the depositors account in close association with the checksin the envelop.

The invention further has in view a folder primarily adapted for use bybanking institutions for filing the current statement of a depositorsaccount, together with the depositors checks as the same are receivedand canceled so as to maintain the same in an individual repository forconvenient and ready reference and the invention comprehends a folder ofthe said character provided with a depending flap having a free end of asize to engage within the open mouth of the envelop for retaining theenvelop in juxtaposition to the folder and for facilitating theinsertion of the canceled checks therein and the removal of the sametherefrom, and which envelop containing the canceled checks is removedfrom engagement with the fiap and a copy of the statement insertedtherein for mailing or delivery to the depositor at the usual time ofthe month.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, reference is now made tothe following specification and accompanying drawings in which there isillustrated the preferred embodiments thereof.

In the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a file folder constructed in accordancewith the invention, illustrating the sameain closed condition forsupporting a bank statement and envelop.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view with the back leaf swung downwardly toillustrate the relative positions of the bank statement and envelopassociated with the file folder.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged vertical sectional view.

Fig. 4 is a plan view of the bank file before the same is folded.

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of a modified form of the invention.

Fig. 6 is a vertical sectional view therethrough taken approximately online 66 of Fig. 5.

Referring to the drawings by characters of reference and moreparticularly to the form of the invention illustrated in Figs. 1 to 4thereof,

the folder is preferably fashioned from a length of cardboard or otherequivalent material, and the same includes front and rear leaves Ill andI I which are integrally and hingedly connected together along theirbottom edges by means of a longitudinally extending pleat I2.

The leaves may be of any desired size, but as illustrated the front leafIII is preferably of lesser height than the rear leaf I I and isprovided with a depending flap I3 normally disposed between the leavesin close relation to the front leaf and which is integrally and hingedlyconnected to the front leaf along its upper edge. The said fiap has theopposite sides of the lower portion thereof rabbeted as at I 4 toprovide a free terminal I5 of a width and length to engage within theopen mouth of the envelop, such as the envelop A, to dispose the loweredge of the terminal adjacent the bottom edge of the envelop when thesame is positioned in the folder and rests upon the forward hingeconnection of the pleat I2.

When the folder is used by banking institutions for filing the currentmonthly statement of a depositors account, such as a statement indicatedgenerally by the reference character B and as a repository for thecanceled checks C of the depositor, the statement B is positionedupright in the folder with its bottom edge resting upon the rear, hingeof the pleat I2 and disposed between the rear wall of the envelop andthe rear leaf I I. The envelop A is positioned so that the front wallthereof together with the closure flap is located between the dependingflap I3 and the front leaf It so as to dispose the rear wall of theenvelop rearwardly and the mouth of the envelop upwardly and in openedrelation to facilitate the insertion of the canceled checks C as thesame are received during the current period. When the file is used forthis purpose, the same may be removed from the file cabinet by a clerk,the canceled checks posted on the statement B and inserted in theenvelop and the file returned to the cabinet for maintaining thedepositors statement and canceled checks in an individual repository forready access as subsequent checks are received and inserted in theenvelop. Thus a depositors canceled checks are always maintained in anindividual file in associated relation with his bank statement so thatthe checks are not likely to become co-mingled with other depositorschecks and by means of which repeated counting of the checks and backchecking the number thereof with the entries on the statement isavoided.

The flap l3, in addition to serving as a means for retaining the envelopA in position in the file against accidental displacement, also servesas a guide for facilitating the insertion-of the checks in the envelopand the removal of the same therefrom. At the end of the current monthlyperiod, the envelop together with the canceled checks and the statementare removed from the file folder and a copy of the statement inserted inthe envelop for mailing or delivery to the depositor. In this form ofthe invention, the monthly statement and envelop containing the canceledchecks are arranged in th folder between the front and rear leavesthereof.

In instances where the depositors checks during the month are numerousso as to unduly expand the walls of the folder and so render itdifficult to insert the monthly statement therein, the combination offolder and envelop illustrated in the embodiment of the invention shownin Figs. 5 and 6 may be employed, in which the envelop is disposed injuxtaposition to the outer face of the front leaf of the folder. In thisform of the invention, the front and rear leaves and 2| of the folderare hingedly connected together along their lower edges, the front leafpreferably being of a lesser height than the rear leaf so that when thestatement B is inserted therein the upper portion thereof bearing thname of the depositor protrudes above the upper edge of the front leafof the folder.

In this form of the invention also, the front leaf 20 is provided with aflap 22 which is hingedly connected along its upper edge to the upperportion of the front leaf and depends therefrom into adjacent relationto the outer face of the front leaf and which flap is of a length andhas its lower portionof a width to engage within the open mouth of theenvelop A when the same is supported on a common surface with the folderto thereby retain the envelop in juxtaposition to theouter face of thefront leaf with the mouth of the envelop disposed forwardly thereof andin open relation to facilitate the insertion of the canceled checks Ctherein.

In addition to thus serving as a means for retaining the envelop A injuxtaposition to the front leaf of the folder and as a guide forfacilitating the insertion of the checks therein, the flap 22 may beprovided above the envelop with means for attaching thereto a signaturecard 23 of the depositor in convenient position to be viewed by thefiling and checking operators for comparing the signature of thedepositor with the checks as they are received by the bankinginstitution. As illustrated, the flap 22 is provided with slits 24 whichare arranged for receiving therein the corners of the signature card forretaining the same in position.

' What is claimed is:

1. A file folder comprising front and rear leaves hingedly connectedtogether along their bottom edges, and a depending flap disposed betweenthe leaves and hingedly connected to the top edge of the front leaf,said flap being of a length and having its lower end portion of arelatively lesser width than the upper portion so that the same isadapted to engage within the open mouth of an envelop when the envelopis positioned in the folder and resting upon the hinge connectionbetween the leaves, and said flap also being adapted to serve as a guidefor facilitating the insertion of bank checks into the envelop betweenthe rear face of the said flap and the side of the envelop adjacentthereto.

2. -A file foldercomprising a rear leaf, a front leaf of lesser heightthan the rear leaf, a pleat hingedly connecting the leaves togetheralong their bottom edges, and a depending flap disposed between theleaves and hingedly connected to the top edg of the front leaf, saidflap being of a length and having the opposite sides of the lowerportion thereof rabbeted to provide a free terminal of a width that thesame is adapted to engage within the open mouth of an envelop when theenvelop is positioned in the folder and rests upon the hinge connectionbetween the leaves, said fiap also being adapted to serve as a guide forfacilitating the insertion of bank checks into the envelop with thechecks positioned therein between the rear face of said flap and theside of the envelop adjacent thereto.

3. The combination of a file folder and envelop for mailing canceledchecks, said folder comprising a rear leaf, a front leaf of lesserheight than the rear leaf, a pleat hingedly connecting the leavestogether along their bottom edges, and a depending flap disposed betweenthe leaves and hingedly, connected to the top edge of the front leaf,said flap, being of a length and having. the opposite Sides of the lowerportion thereof rabbeted to providea freeterminal of a-width to engageWithin the open mouth of the envelop when the same is positioned in thefolder and rests upon the forward hinge connection of the pleat forretaining the envelop therein, said flap also serving as a guide forfacilitating the insertion of the checks in the envelop between the rearface of the fiap and the side of the envelop adjacent thereto.

4. A file. folder comprising front and rear leaves hingedly connectedtogether along their bottom edges and a flap depending from the frontleaf and hingedly connected alongits upper edge to the upper portion ofthe front leaf, saidfiap being of a length. and having its lower endportion of a relatively lesser width than the front leaf so that thesame is adapted to engage within the open mouth of an envelop to retainthe envelop in juxtaposition to the folder, said flap also being adaptedto serve as a guide for facilitating the insertion of the bank checksinto. the envelop between said flap and the back of the envelop.

5. The combination of an envelop and a file folder for respectivelyreceiving bank checks and statements, said folder comprising front andrear leaves hingedly connected together along their bottom edges andadapted to receive the statements .therebetween and having a flaphingedly connected along its upper edge to the upper por tion of thefront leaf and depending into adjacent relation to the outer facethereof, said flap being of a length and having its lower end portion ofa width that the same is adapted to engage Within the mouth of theenvelop to retain th same in juxtaposition to the front leaf of thefolder and said flap also being adapted to serve as a guide forfacilitating the insertion of the bank checks into the envelop betweensaid flap and the back of the envelop.

6. The combination of an envelop and a file folder for respectivelyreceiving bank checks and statements, said folder comprising front andrear leaves hingedly connected together along their bottom edges andadapted to receive the statements therebetween and having a flaphingedly connected along its upper edge to the upper portion of thefront leaf and depending into adjacent relation thereto, said flap beingof a length and having its lower end portion of a width that the same isadapted to overlie the front wall and the closure flap of the envelopand to engage within the envelop mouth for retaining the same in openrelation with the front wall and closure flap disposed in juxtapositionto the front wall of the folder and with the folder fiap serving as aguide for facilitating the insertion of the bank checks into the envelopbetween the folder flap and the back Wall of the envelop.

JAMES B. MURRAY.

